Valeggio sul Mincio, Verona, Italy – The Distance Depot/U.S. Endurance Team will compete in the 2017 FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Riders and Juniors on Saturday, September 23. Chef d'Equipe Mark Dial will guide the team, newly sponsored for 2017 by The Distance Depot, of Katelyn Baldino, Ragan Kelly, Ainsley Suskey, and Annie Whelan as they join 110 combinations from 33 nations racing towards top team and individual honors. With the beautiful city of Valeggio sul Mincio...

Lexington, Ky. - The future stars of U.S. show jumping will be tested when they meet for the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals. The Finals will take place on both coasts with the West edition taking place September 21- 23 at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Two weeks later, the East edition will be held October 6-8 at the United States Equestrian Team Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J. Peyton Warren, 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF...

Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte wrapped up Sunday with Grade IV athlete Angela “Annie” Peavy and Royal Dark Chocolate crowned National Champions. Grade I athlete Margaret McIntosh and Heros earned Reserve National Champion honors. Sunday’s FEI Freestyle Tests accounted for the final 20% of the overall championship scores with the first 80% split equally between Friday’s FEI Team Test and...

Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte began Friday with competitors performing the FEI Team Test, the first of three tests in the competition. U.S. athletes finished on top in all five grades to put the Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team ahead of Canada. With National Championship titles on the line, Friday’s Team Test will account for 40% of the overall championship totals. Saturday will feature the Individual...

Aurora, Colo. - The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is excited to announce its return to Raleigh, N.C., for the 15th annual Sport Horse National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show. Displaying the athleticism and diversity of the Arabian, Half-Arabian, and Anglo-Arabian horse and taking place at the Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Horse Complex, the show runs from Tuesday, September 5, through Sunday, September 10, and will be streamed live by the Arabian Horse Global Network . With...

Lexington, Ky. – Three 2017 USEF Reining National Championship titles were up for grabs at the Tulsa Reining Classic at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. Matt Mills and Wimps Cool Breeze claimed top honors in the Adequan $10,000 Added USEF Open National Championship presented by Markel Insurance. In the $2,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship, Kalena Reynolds and Gun Whiz It won the 13 & Under division, while Cade McCutcheon and REF Sturgis were crowned the champions in the 14-18...

Tryon, N.C - It was a wet day at the Tryon International Equestrian Center for the second day of dressage competition at the 2017 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover and Nutrena. Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Jacqueline Mars, Robin Parsky, and Phoebe and Michael Manders’ RF Scandalous currently lead the Adequan USEA Gold Cup Final Advanced division for the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship by less than two points on a 27.8. Little and the...

Louisville, Ky. - Celebrating its 115 th year, the World’s Championship Horse Show was held at the Kentucky State Fair’s famed Freedom Hall from August 19-26, 2017. With purses totaling over $1 million, the World’s Championship Horse Show is the crown jewel of competitions for American Saddlebreds, Hackney Ponies, and Roadster horses. Nearly 2,000 horses and ponies competed for the coveted trip down Freedom Hall’s victory lane, and exhibitors ranging from 7-year-olds to...

South Jordan, Utah – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF)/American Vaulting Association (AVA) Vaulting National Championships were held on August 24-27, 2017, at the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park in South Jordan, Utah. Leading the way were U.S. vaulting veterans Mary McCormick and Kristian Roberts, who won the Female Gold and Male Gold divisions, respectively. Individual Competition McCormick, (Cañon City, Colo.), captured an astonishing seventh national championship...

Wayne, Ill. – The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions ended on Sunday with the remaining divisions crowning their champions. Rebekah Mingari earned the National Champion and Reserve National Champion titles in the AGCO/USEF Young Rider Dressage division with Allure S and Elzarma TF, respectively. Suzannah Rogers and Adrenaline Rush SBF took home the USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Champion title. AGCO/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship Rebekah Mingari and Allure S (Photo...